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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
7
Twenty Years Ago From the Free Press of January 26 1822
Mercury plunged to three degrees below zero on Sunday night. W J Gould elected Hydro Electric Commission chairman for 1922, succeeding George Hyndy. Frank Spellvogel started Halton Glove Works. Reeve Harris of Burlington chosen Halton County Council warden for 1922. Sidney J Orum named Chief of St Catharines Fire Department. Acton friends salute Sitney’s appointment after boyhood days here. Acton Farmers Club met with officers W G Murray president, R L Davidson VP, R N Brown secretary treasurer. Died Allan McDonald in Acton aged 77. Ripton Walter N. of Gloversville died aged 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydro-Electric Commission
W. J. Gould
George Hyndy
Frank Spellvogel
Halton Glove Works
Reeve Harris
Burlington
Halton
Fire Department
St. Catharines
Sitney
Acton
Acton Farmers’ Club
W. G. Murray
R. L. Davidson
R. N. Brown
It's More Ankle In Evening Wear Fuels Fashion Feud
New York fashion debate centers on ankle length gowns versus traditional floor- sweeping styles. Debutantes and college co-eds deride the shorter look as revolting while style prophets predict the ballerina length will dominate next year and floor length may fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Britain’s first electric locomotive for mixed traffic
Britain's first electric locomotive designed for the Manchester to Sheffield line, one of 70 under construction at the war outbreak for electrification. It is rated at 1,860 hp and can haul express trains at 65 mph and freight at 26–40 mph. The articulated double-hag design promises smooth operation at high speeds, after trials showing good performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louwith
Britain
Manchester
Sheffield
Lemton—and North- Eastern Railway
The Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness
A Sunday school lesson outlines Jesus' forty days in the wilderness and three temptations. It analyzes Satan's methods, Jesus' reliance on scripture, and the importance of obedience through suffering, with references to Deuteronomy and key New Testament verses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Satan
Mark
Eve
God
New Shirt Repair Idea Aims to Save Cloth for War
Two European migrants in Britain pioneered a method to rebuild worn shirts piece by piece, shortening only slightly and using no extra material. The system, first in a small shop, expanded to 12 machines and could save hundreds of thousands of yards of cloth if adopted nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Magistrate Refuses to Stay for Blackout Closure in Coalville
In Coalville England a magistrate who had not left home during a blackout adjourned a court session while evidence was being summed up. He declared I have never been out in the blackout and I am not going to git here any longer and walked from the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalville
England
German Destroyers Keep British Naval Forces Busy 1917
In early 1917 German destroyers raided merchant shipping and patrols off the English coast. The Simeon, a British destroyer, was struck and sunk, while German losses included a damaged vessel and another beached in a Belgian port. The Broke, under Cmdr. Evans, sank two enemy destroyers and torpedoed a third, earning the commander the Distinguished Service Order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Flotilas
England
Ger Man
Zeebrugge
Simeon
Tin
Warwick
6Th Fto
Tila
Heligoland
Bight
Schouwen Bank
Broke
Cmdr
E. R. G. Evans
Hospital Girls Are Recognized
Domestic workers in hospitals across England and Wales receive a circular badge marked Ministry of Health in silver and Hospital Service on a blue cross bar. Eligibility requires at least 96 hours of service per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Wales
Ministry of Health
Poet Pilot Magee Dies in War at Young Age
Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr an American raised by missionaries in Shanghai and educated in Britain died on active service in Britain last December 1. He was 20 and wrote a sonnet about freedom and flight scribbled on a letter to his parents Reverend and Mrs John G Magee who live in Washington. The Library of Congress seeks the manuscript for Poems of Faith and Freedom. Magee had lived in Shanghai nine years studied at Rugby School and came to Yale in 1940 before enlisting in Montreal and training at Uplands Ontario becoming an officer in 1941 en route overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Shanghai
Britain
Britaby
Magee
Earth
Gorl
John G. Magee
Washington
St. John’s Church
Lafayette Square
Library of Congress
Learing
Burns, Clough
Longfellow
Walt Whitman
Shelley
R.C.A.F
R.C.A.P
Sonny
Yould
Leath
England
Taigby
United States
Yale
Montreal
No. 2 Service
Uplands
Ottawa
Winter Gardens Two Way Relief
War conscious communities turn to winter gardening for nutrition and relaxation. Indoor or cold frame setups grow greens and early vegetables for transplanting later when frost ends. U S Farm Security Admin recommends lettuce beets radishes parsley endive mustard spinach, while avoiding carrots cauliflower celery corn and cabbage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Farm Security Administration
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The
Free Press
McDonald
Allan McDonald
Ripton
Gloversville
N.Y
Walter N. Ripton
Maggie Ebbage
Jose
Acton Free Press
Tviz
Vwimself
Jekus Christ
Christ
Gethsemane
Calvary
Eden
Ife
YS. Gordon
Winter Gardens
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